The Kampong Cricket Club in Utrecht, Netherlands will host two back to back T20Is between Germany and Italy on 25th May 2019. Germany is coming after playing a 3-match T20I series against Belgium and will be looking to continue their good run against Italy too. Germany clean swept Belgium by 3-0 in Brussels and are first favourites to win the series.
Both the T20Is will be played at Sportpark Maarschalkerweerd, Utrecht on Saturday. The first T20I will begin at 03:30 PM IST following which the second game will start at 09:30 PM IST.
Earlier, Germany secured 9 runs win, 57 runs win and 6 wickets win over Belgium in the first, second and third T20I respectively to whitewash the hosts by 3-0.
Germany vs Italy
Venue: Sportpark Maarschalkerweerd, Utrecht
Time: May 25, 03:30 PM
Avg 1st inn score: 86
Avg 2nd inn score: 82
Highest Total: 138/4 (19.4 Ov) by UAEW vs NEDW
Lowest Total: 39/10 (16.2 Ov) by UAEW vs BANW
Highest Chased: 138/4 (19.4 Ov) by UAEW vs NEDW
Lowest Defended: 97/7 (20 Ov) by SCOW vs THAIW
Germany squad to face Italy:
Venkatraman Gansean (Captain), Rishi Pillai, Muslim Yar Ashraf, Abdul-Shakoor Rahimzei, Vijay Shankar, Rohit Singh, Izatullah Dawlatzai, Sahir Naqash, Amir Mangal, Sajid Liaqat, Asad Mohammad, Mudassar Muhammad, A Hamid Wardak & Daniel Weston
Italy squad to face Germany:
Bentota Perera, Jaspreet SIngh, Manpreet Singh, Gayashan Munasinghe (Captain), Shameera Arachchige, Fida Hussain, Nicolas Maiolo, Gian Meade, Baljit Singh, Michael Ross, Rakibul Hasan, Qasim Janjua, Rehman Abdul & Charanjeet Singh
Germany:
Amir Mangal, Izatullah Dawlatzai, Abdul Rahimzei, Asad Mohammad, Vijayshankar Chikkannaiah, A H Wardak, Amith Sarma (c), Rohit Harmanjot Singh, Sahir Naqash, Mudassar Muhammad, Harish Srinivasan (wk)
Italy:
Gian Meade, Manpreet Singh (wk), Nicolas Maiolo, Baljit Singh, Fida Hussain, Jaspreet Singh, Michael Ross, Gayashan Munasinghe
Germany-
VB Chikkannaiah was the leading run scorer in the three-match series against Belgium. He amassed 101 runs in 3 innings with an average of 50.50
Amir Mandal was second in the list of run scorers. In two games, Mandal smashed 58 runs with an average of 58.00
H Singh and Mudassar Muhammad were other two contributors with the bat
With 4 scalps in two innings, Ahmed Hamid Wardak was the leading wicket-taker for the series
Sahir Naqash returned with 3 scalps in 2 innings while Muslim Yar bagged two wickets in total.
Izatullah Dawlatzai played all the three games for the side and returned with two scalps
Italy-
Nicolas Maiolo returned with 3-11 in his quota of 4 overs when Italy defeated the Isle of Man by 8 wickets, back in September 2018. He also scored vital unbeaten 45 of just 34 deliveries and is a must-have pick from Italy
Wicket-keeper batsman Manpreet Singh scored a vital 42 off 34 deliveries. He also comes to open the innings along with Gian Meade
Skipper G Munasinghe returned with 1-18 in his two overs and will lead the bowling attack
Michael Ross will also be a crucial bowler